Sunset Moon
Chapter One: Sunset
Will Vandom was grounded. Will Vandom was angry. Will Vandom was repairing the computer. Because Will Vandom was grounded. Again. "Squeak, squeak." Said her dormouse beside her feet. "Hey, are you gonna stand there and squeak or are you going to help me repair the computer." She reached down and patted the dormouse. Will sighed. "I don't get why I have to fix this stupid machine. Why couldn't she get a repairman?"
"Because, a repairman doesn't need punishing." Susan Vandom said, coming through the door. "I told you, I didn't burn the cookies on purpose!" Will said angrily at her mother. "Well, you did. Try being a little more careful next time." Susan snapped at her daughter. Will sighed again. Her mum and her had not been on very good speaking terms since her mum had started dating Mr. Collins. Eww. Just the thought of HER mum dating HER history teacher was, well…gross. But that had been almost a year ago, before the Guardians Of The Veil had saved Meridian from the evil Phobos, who planned to suck all of Meridian's and Elyon's (his sister) power and then move onto Candracar and then Earth, and then…well, you get the idea. But the Guardians Of The Veil had totally kicked his butt. Who where the Guardians of the Veil? Well they were five girls who had power over the elements. There was Irma, who controlled the water, Taranee who was friends with fire, Cornelia who was down-to-earth, Hay Lin, carefree as the wind had everything to do with the air. And then there was Will. Her power was the most mysterious of them all. Inside Will's body was a necklace, called the Heart Of Candracar. When she summoned it, the girls would transform into guardians in super-fashionable outfits. Which makes me kind of the leader. Will thought. But they couldn't tell any one. It didn't matter, because no one would believe them. They'd be labelled as some kind of freaks.
Irma Lair was soaking in her usual two-hour long bath. She lifted a finger and watched as blue sparks trailed from it. She watched as the water from the bath danced around her. She thought of her friends. Ever since they had become Guardians Of The Veil they had become super close. She thought of Will and her frog collection. She thought of Taranee, her quiet attitude and fiery temper. She thought of Cornelia, her determination and of her best friend, Hay Lin's creative mind. Irma smiled. She had the best friends in the whole world. There was nothing bad to say about any of them. Even Cornelia. Honest.
Taranee Cook got her favourite book of the shelf. She sat on her favourite cushion by the fire and opened it. It was a mystery book. Taranee reached out a hand to touch the dancing flames in the fireplace. She didn't get burned. No, fire was her friend. It was her shield, not her enemy. Taranee closed her eyes, and drifted off to sleep.
"Do I HAVE to go?' Cornelia Hale asked her mother. They where going camping-Cornelia's LEAST favourite activity to do. "Yes, you do." Her mum said firmly. "And after we set up our tent, we'll go on a nature trail. You'll like that. Ever since you came back from that day after school at Hay Lin's place, you've loved the Earth."
"Doesn't mean I wan to go on a Nature Trail." Cornelia muttered under her breath, as she packed her things.
Hay Lin looked at the picture of her grandmother, Yan Lin and her eyes swam with tears. "I miss you." She whispered and reached out to touch her grandmother's face. "I wish you were here." Hay Lin had never gotten over the tragedy of her Grandma's death, and she knew that she never would. She put the picture back onto the shelf. She put on her jacket and picked up her luggage. The taxi would be arriving any minute now to take her family to the airport and then the airplane at the airport would take them to China for three days. Just a short trip. But Hay Lin didn't want to go to China to visit her fourth cousin twice removed from her mother's side. She had responsibilities, and one of them was to stay here with the other Guardians Of The Veil. She had argued against the trip but she knew that there was no point. She couldn't tell them the real reason for not going so she didn't really have an argument to argue. Hay Lin sighed as the taxi honked for the family to get inside. She had a bad feeling that this trip was not going to go well.
The full moon was that night. The dark shadow looked over across the sky. It was turning pink.
Will was repairing the computer, Irma was taking her bath, Taranee was curled up by the fire, Cornelia was on a Nature Trail and Hay Lin was flying through the air on an airplane. All were in their element the second the sunset. All were in their element the second the full moon came up. All were in their element the second the oracle died. All were in their element when they lost their powers.